Sentences with phrase «take pen names»

And the reasons for writers to take pen names is as varied as the writers doing the writing.

It used to be accepted wisdom that you took a pen name (or two or three) if you were delving into new areas, such as from non-fiction to fiction, or from historical romance to space opera.

He took pen names because his first publisher thought nobody could pronounce or spell «Czajkowski».

Not exact matches

I walked back to take a peek and found a 1 year old black lab named Willow curled up in her pen.

In her column from June 21, Jeanne Phillips (the daughter of the original «Dear Abby» writer Pauline Phillips who took over the column and still writes under the pen name Abigail Van Buren) replied to a reader who identified as a «first - time mom in New Jersey.»

Ray Bradbury — taking this practice to another level — used six different pen names.

We then asked Sally to take the pen with her (nonparalyzed) right hand and write her name on a notepad on her lap.

Handwritten names in gold paint pen create a finished look without taking too much effort.

Formerly titled «Run All Night» (both generic names if you ask us), the Brad Ingelsby (the upcoming «Out Of The Furnace» with Christian Bale and Casey Affleck)- penned thriller will find Neeson playing a mob hitman who has to take on his boss, protect his family and go on the run from the authorities with his estranged son, all in a single night.

«Amazon pays a royalty of 35 percent for books listed below $ 2.99,» says K.J. Burkhardt (a pen name), the 45 - year - old author of «Taken by the Tentacle Monsters» and «Bred to the Creature.»

Steampunk (and Harlequin and Amish romance) author Shelley Adina joins us today to talk about managing multiple pen names and genres, keeping a long - running series fresh (and selling), paying for foreign translations of indie books, and working the cons to get in touch with more readers (and take trips you can write off on your taxes!).

Sylvia McDaniel, who penned the title The Wanted Bride, broke with convention by creating a romance heroine who could frustrate Satan himself with her witty comebacks and take - no - names attitude towards coming out on top.

Taking my journey as an author into the world of contemporary romance writing, it was necessary to use pen names.

Heiny has taken a circuitious route to her first novel: She had a short story published in The New Yorker when she was only 25, wrote 25 young adult novels under a pen name and then didn't write for almost a decade after the birth of her first child.

Amanda Quick, a pen name of prolific writer Jayne Ann Krentz, takes readers to Victorian - era London in her latest mystery romance, Garden of Lies.

There's no vetting, editing, or oversight, and if your work is taken down you can always throw up more titles or simply concoct a new pen name and start over.

Last week I took back a Slashdot user account under my pen name with a DMCA takedown notice.

It took me some time to develop a marketing plan — and right now, I only have it in place for my pen name.

VBEG) If your family might wind up wanting to take you outside for a «lesson» after reading what you write, use a pen name.

As a writer, I use a pen name for my work because you NEVER know when a crazy person will key on something you write, or take something personally.

A lot of us are taking back our pen names, by putting on the cover and in description something like «Sarah A. Hoyt writing as Sarah D'Almeida» Agatha Christie books in the US often have completely different names than in the UK and publishers on line who know you might read both will say stuff like «And Then There Was None» originally published as «Ten Little Indians.»

But for a long - lasting, career - centric AUTHOR branding website, try to choose your own name or your pen name, unless it's already been taken or is very difficult to spell or pronounce.

Many, many female authors have taken up male pen names or publishing under their initials due to a pronounced gender gap in the literary world.

I started the pen name books there, to take advantage of the sales ranking / visibility boost from Kindle Unlimited, and I returned them to KDP Select this August, after not gaining much headway in the other stores and after Amazon switched to Kindle Unlimited 2.0, a system that rewards novelists by paying based on total pages read.

As you may have deduced from the name, TruNote helps you take advantage of the pen, giving you a powerful tool for everything from note - taking to drawing and painting to working with graphics and images.

I'd probably recommend almost anyone doing a pen name start out this way, not only because it takes more effort to gain traction on the other stores but also because, if you're publishing frequently, it's more work to upload everywhere and keep the back matter updated.

Who is surprised that «She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure her works would be taken seriously.

On Smashwords, my erotica shorts took off on Barnes & Noble under a pen name, so I experienced a surprising upswell there too.

In the 19th century, women authors often used a male pen name in order to have their work taken seriously.

When you get a phone call, take a pen and write down the date and time, the name of the collection agency, the sum of money they say you owe and what you have agreed in the end.

Once you find a toothbrush, I recommend taking a sharpie pen and labeling it with your pet's name: this will prevent the dismay your husband will feel when he realizes he has been sharing a toothbrush with Funyon the Pug's poopy mouth.

Good day Dr. my name is Jeandre our Jackrussel sadly passed away today her name was Ruby, the symptoms started yesterday, (the day before yesterday she was still playfull) when we arrived from work we saw that she look very off and took her to the vet right away, the vet said to us it looks like a problem in the abdominal area, he gave her a couple of shots and said we can take her home for observation and if nothing changes we must come back, when we arrived at home she did not whant to eat anything and was very drowsy we tired to give het a small piece of steak but was not interested at all, she took a small walk and pooped, her poop was like dark black, grey and slobby, we also saw a square piece in the stool and did not think much of it as she also eats dog food pellets, the smell was very bad, she also vommited like a clear watery substance i think two times, we too her back to the vet this moring and the vet inserted a tempreture pen from behind, while it was her he felt and squeezed in the abdominal area then pen ejected like she pooped (because of the squeez) red blood was present.

It's the developer's first step away from The Witcher series were it made its name, but with the developer's heritage, the strong initial trailer and a license taken from a classic pen - and - paper RPG it's set to be a huge hit.

A man by the name of Shane Salerno has taken the pen to writing the movie for Gears of War.

George Eliot, George Sand, the Brontës took men's pen - names — but women's state of mind now is completely different.

Every draft send gets one shot, and the reader goes as far as (s) he possibly can; if it's good, it's talked about — and if you need a better name for the author, be it famous or just a classy - sounding pen - name, that's the easiest thing to arrange; famous people are always delighted to sign and promote a good book, especially if someone else took the pain to write it — shadow writer is not an insult here: people are open and proud about it, see «Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités...».

The exhibition, called «My Country Has No Name,» takes on race, nationhood and identity through the fine tip of a ballpoint pen.

The traditional signature, however, is produced by taking the paper out of the typewriter or off the printer and holding a pen to write our name.

Social media - tion may be seen as an extension of the peer mediation process that has already proven to be successful in schools, where students are trained to assist other students in resolving common school ground conflict, e.g., teasing, name - calling, cutting in line, using athletic equipment, taking pencils / pens / paper.